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The Characters aren't doing anything, the Players are doing everything. And the Players aren't just playing the game, they're spilling...

It's funny. These sorts of threads always cause me to be a lot more self-reflective on my experiences. And thinking about this, I've...

We got really sidetracked didn't we. After Lanefan's comment I was like, "Oh yeah, that is what we're supposed to be talking about."

I'm not an artist so I use word maps This is of a continent with the main kingdoms and other spaces shown. The distance apart is very...

When I map, I normally use nodes with paths leading off them, sometimes I'll embellish a little and make those paths look like stairs or...

Oh man, I would love to play Torchbearer. Just once at least.

I think this is the way to go for groups that aren’t into mapping. I think for some modes of play, dungeons themselves are puzzles. The...

If you’re mapping as you go, making an accurate map is the challenge. The dungeon may be laid out in such a way as to be deliberately...

I get. Like I said in my above post, wanna run a crazy dungeon? Go for it. Have fun. But the literal title of this thread is: Mapping...

It's perfectly fine to do this. It's also perfectly fine to not do this because a) we don't care, and/or b) magic! fantasy! oobleck!*...

Dispense with the fog of war, heh, heh, heh. Several years back for a Pathfinder Society game our very experienced Dungeon Master...

I’m running an in-person megadungeon at the moment, and this topic is one that I wrestled with at the start. I feel like the part of the...

I will sketch out the map on a plain (non grid) piece of paper (or a large whiteboard) as the characters move through the dungeon. Since...

Hope this thread doesn’t devolve into an argument about what the true meaning of being lost is… Anyway, I’ve always hated mapping both...

During travel (either through a dungeon or in the wilderness) in my 5.0E games, I describe the environment the party is moving through...